Michael Golden Tells the Story at Wizard Chicago-- Class Slated for Saturday!

Chicago-- With Wizard World Chicago right around the corner (Aug. 11-14th!), it's just been announced that artist/writer Michael Golden will be conducting his "The Art of Storytelling" class at the convention on Saturday. So mark your schedule now (times to be posted soon).

Michael Golden, co-creator of the X-men's Rogue character, Spartan X and Bucky O'Hare is known worldwide for his groundbreaking work on "The 'Nam," "Micronauts," "G.I. Joe Yearbook," and "Dr. Strange, " among MUCH more, and is counted as one of the best cover designers and storytellers in the business.

Golden's work can be seen on "Nightwing", "Iron Man", "Heroes for Hire", "Exiles," "Demon's Regret," "Spider-man," "Hulk," "Spawn 200" as well as currently on "Spawn," with Todd McFarlane.

It's no wonder that Golden has been one of the most influential creators around for the last several decades:

"....unless you can actually draw yourself, it is very difficult to understand the exact mind-blowing impossibility of what he does," said writer/artist Larry Hama, of Golden's work.


"Michael blithely puts down on paper exactly what he sees in his head. It's like he's got a cosmic opaque projector that shoots a laser beam from his brain through the kundalini eye in his forehead straight down onto the drawing surface where all he has to do is trace it," continues Hama. "The result is hard-edged and fully realized in every way. No fuzzy impressions here. No using the side of the pencil. No squiggly space-filling lines blocked in on automatic pilot. To paraphrase Neal Adams (who was referring to Golden), there is not a single millimeter of line on the page that is not directed by conscious thought."

Recent books covering the colorful life and amazing art of Michael Golden include a Manga version of the "Bucky O'Hare" series, created with Hama, as well as the top selling art retrospective "Excess: The Art of Michael Golden," written by Renee Witterstaetter, which sold out and is in a second printing, as well as his recent sketchbook "Heroes and Villains," and the NEW sketchbook, "MORE Heroes and Villains." In addition, Woodcrest Productions/Eva Ink has also released a two part candid DVD on Michael and his career, entitled "Creator Chronicles: Michael Golden," featuring an extensive interview and tutorial with the creator.

In fact, as a conceptual cover artist, Golden has penciled everything from Batman and Captain America to Vampirella! And the list keeps growing.


Michael has served as an Editor at DC Comics as well as Senior Art Director at Marvel Comics, and has worked on scores of movie production projects, some currently in development. His art has been the focus of gallery shows in places as diverse as Gijon, Barcelona, New York, Antwerp and Brussels, while his class on storytelling has been conducted from Spain to Brussels to France to Canada to the United States... and most recently China.

Don't miss this mini version of Golden's longer course. Beneficial for writers, artists or anyone interested in the fine art of crating a tale.

Michael will also be at Wizard World Chicago all 4 days of the show in artist alley. Joining Michael at the show will be Mark Texeira, Steve Scott, Renee Witterstaetter, Patrick Stewart, Bruce Campbell, LeVar Burton, Bill Sienkiewicz, Arthur Suydam, Greg Horn, Ethan Van Sciver, and many more!!



For more information on Wizard World Chicago, go to: http://www.wizardworld.com/chicago.html


For more information on Michael Golden and his work, contact:

www.evainkartistgroup.com

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Golden/44937601170?ref=share

(Photo of Michael Golden by Lugi Novi)